Ãå±±½ûµØ to welcome thousands to Open Day Published on: 14 September 2017 Ãå±±½ûµØ, UK, will be showcasing its city centre campus and friendly student community to 18,000 Open Day visitors this Saturday. The features 60 different subject sessions to highlight Ãå±±½ûµØ’s undergraduate degrees, along with general information events covering topics such as applying to Ãå±±½ûµØ. Prospective students, and their families and friends, will have a chance to visit the Urban Sciences building on Science Central - the recently opened £58 million new home of the School of Computing Science and its 1,395 staff and students. The Autumn Open Day comes on the back of a number of recent surveys which place Ãå±±½ûµØ as one of the best universities in the UK for the experience it offers to students. The University received the highest rating: in the Teaching Excellence Framework, while the National Student Survey shows that – placing Ãå±±½ûµØ joint 15th in the UK when considered against comparator institutions. Welcoming visitors from across the UK , Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Learning and Teaching, Ãå±±½ûµØ, said: “The Open Day is a great opportunity for visitors to explore our vibrant campus, discover more about the many opportunities on offer and experience student life at Ãå±±½ûµØ. “Last year, 95% of visitors said they were more than or just as likely to apply to Ãå±±½ûµØ after attending one of the Open Days. This is a credit to all students and staff who help our visitors to explore Ãå±±½ûµØ’s campus and discover more about the many opportunities on offer.” Seven of Ãå±±½ûµØ’s 11 undergraduate accommodation sites will be open for potential students and their parents to look around. The accommodation tours will include a show flat of the University’s newest accommodation - the £75.5m , which replaces the former ‘Ricky Road’ student block to become home to 1,300 future students in September 2018. Professor Cholerton added: “To build on our excellent reputation for teaching and student experience, we are continuing to invest in those areas that matter most to our students. Over the past five years we have invested or committed over £500m to improve our campus and to recruit 400 extra academic staff. “These projects include a £32m investment in new state–of-the-art sports facilities on our main campus and at Cochrane Park, and the opening of the Marjorie Robinson Library Rooms last year. “We are also investing in a £34m on Science Central. Opening in autumn 2019, the new centre will feature state-of-the-art learning facilities for up to 2,200 students across three floors and a 750-seat auditorium.” Various activities will be happening to encourage potential students to share their experience of the Open Day on social media, including a gif booth, where they can create their very own animated image and a competition to share the best photos of the day. Around 300 current students will be working alongside staff on each day to welcome visitors to the city and the campus, lead campus tours and showcase the friendly student community here at Ãå±±½ûµØ. Share: Latest News Ãå±±½ûµØ recognised with geography award Ãå±±½ûµØ has been awarded the Highly Commended Geographical Association Publishers Award for its collaboration with Time for Geography, the UK’s open-access, dedicated video platform. published on: 16 April 2026 Ãå±±½ûµØ historians mark General Strike centenary To mark the 100th anniversary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out of 1926, historians at Ãå±±½ûµØ are organising a series of events on its enduring legacy. published on: 16 April 2026 Comment: NCP is in administration Writing for The Conversation, Erwei (David) Xiang discusses how some big companies like NCP are so dependent on debt that they can’t adjust to change. published on: 16 April 2026 Facts and figures